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Anonymous donor to match up to $170K in April donations to Canadian Cancer Society (Sat, 20 Apr 2024)
April marks Daffodil Month — the society's annual fundraising campaign — and for the remainder of the month, the society says an anonymous donor has agreed to match all donations up to $170,000. They're hoping to take advantage of that to top the $11 million the society raised last year.
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Record Store Day celebrates local shops, as interest in vinyl soars (Sat, 20 Apr 2024)
Saturday marks the 17th annual Record Store Day Canada. The celebration of the culture of independent record stores encourages people to support their local shops which will be carrying special releases.
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Ottawa's plan to expand access to halal mortgages could lower high borrowing costs, providers say (Sat, 20 Apr 2024)
Federal budget references to mortgage products aimed at Canadian Muslims have members of the community celebrating, along with the mortgage providers that look to serve them, despite a lack of detail from the government on what is to come.
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Twins who topped Canadian females at Boston Marathon began running on northern Ontario dirt roads (Sat, 20 Apr 2024)
Twin sisters Kim and Michelle Krezonoski are recovering from running the gruelling Boston Marathon after topping Canadian female finishers. Now living in Toronto, they grew up near Thunder Bay and say the pomp and circumstance of the Boston event is a far cry from their humble beginnings training on dirt roads in northern Ontario.
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Canadian charity says aid truck bombed in Gaza in 'targeted' attack (Fri, 19 Apr 2024)
A Canadian humanitarian organization says its primary water aid truck was bombed in Gaza and is calling on the federal government to mount a full investigation into what it believes was a "targeted" incident.
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Toronto strengthens bylaw to close short-term rental loopholes (Fri, 19 Apr 2024)
Toronto city council says it has strengthened its short-term rental bylaw to crack down on operators who exploit regulatory loopholes.
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Video appearing to show MLB coach inside cockpit of Toronto-bound flight prompts probe (Fri, 19 Apr 2024)
Federal transportation officials in the U.S. are investigating an unauthorized in-flight cockpit visit by a coach for the Colorado Rockies baseball team during a United Airlines charter flight last week from Denver to Toronto.
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Toronto faces an urban dilemma as it races to build up both housing and its tree canopy (Fri, 19 Apr 2024)
To combat the worst effects of a warming climate, the city is trying to cover two-fifths of Toronto with shady tree canopy. But there's limited space to plant them, and housing needs pose a challenge.
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Judge concerned over Crown's 'morphing' position at trial of man accused of killing Toronto cop (Thu, 18 Apr 2024)
The judge overseeing the trial of a man accused of fatally running over a Toronto police officer repeatedly raised concerns over the prosecution's changing theory of what happened that night and at one point indicated she did not see how a jury could reach a guilty verdict on murder based on evidence presented in court.
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Province calls striking airline catering workers back to bargaining table (Fri, 19 Apr 2024)
The union representing striking airline catering workers says Ontario mediators have called them back to the table for talks with employer Gate Gourmet.
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